Ever had the problem where you’re firing a bullet or some kind of projectile at high speeds, and it just goes right through the collision object, instead of hitting it? Here’s a weapon that fires a bullet at random velocities, to demonstrate the issue: The bullets impact the character in various places, rather than at …
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The Godot Jungle Demo
It’s not Far Cry, nor Crysis, but it could be. The Realistic Jungle Demo demonstrates that Godot is capable of impressive visuals.
If you want to run it yourself, download it from https://wrobot.itch.io/jungledemo.
It was announced in this Reddit post.
Update: The source code was released (with the commercial assets removed).
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